§ 5854. State agricultural weather information systems

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   National Agricultural Weather Information System Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XVI § 1640 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 5854

   Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1640, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3749

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1640, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3749

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1640. STATE AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS. (a) Advisory Program Grants.— (1) Grants required.— With funds allocated to carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make grants to not fewer than 10 eligible States to plan and administer, in coopera-tion with persons described in paragraph (2), advisory programs for State agricultural weather information systems. (2) Persons described.— The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are the Director of the Agricultural Weather Office, the Administrator of the Extension Service, the Administrator of the Cooperative State Research Service, and other persons as appropriate (such as the directors of the appropriate State agricultural experiment stations and State extension programs). (b) Consultation.— For purposes of selecting among applications submitted by States for grants under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration the recommendation of the Advisory Board on Agricultural Weather and consult with the Director. (c) Eligibility Requirements.— To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, the chief executive officer of a State shall submit to the Secretary an application that contains— (1) assurances that the State will expend such grant to plan and administer a State agricultural weather system that will— (A) collect observational weather data throughout the State and provide such data to the National Weather Service and the Agricultural Weather Office; (B) develop methods for packaging information received from the national system for use by agricultural producers (with State Cooperative Extension Services and the private sector to serve as the primary conduit of agricultural weather forecasts and climatic information to producers); and (C) develop programs to educate agricultural producers on how to best use weather and climate information to improve management decisions; and (2) such other assurances and information as the Secretary may require by rule.

2. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–171 title VII § 7304(b) · 116 Stat. 134

   Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 5854(b)

   Pub. L. 107–171 struck out “take into consideration the recommendation of the Advisory Board on Agricultural Weather and” before “consult with the Director”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–171 struck out “take into consideration the recommendation of the Advisory Board on Agricultural Weather and” before “consult with the Director”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Conforming Amendment.— Section 1640(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5854(b)) is amended by striking “take into” and all that follows through “Weather and”.

3. 2008

   Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–246 § 7511(c)(19) · 122 Stat. 1651

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 5854(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(19), substituted “the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “the Administrator of the Extension Service, the Administrator of the Cooperative State Research Service”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(19), substituted “the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture” for “the Administrator of the Extension Service, the Administrator of the Cooperative State Research Service”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (19) Section 1640(a)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5854(a)(2)) is amended by striking “the Administrator of the Extension Service, the Administrator of the Cooperative State Research Service” and inserting “the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. Amendment by section 7511(c)(19) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.

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